Identifier
MUM01790_b02_f02_014
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Description
MacGregor writes from New York City on New Directions Publishing Corporation letterhead to Creekmore in Jackson, Mississippi. He states that Kenneth Patchen's The Famous Boating Party has been ordered for Creekmore, and he can include a copy of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood. He asks if Creekmore would be interested in Tennessee Williams's Hard Candy. He mentions Creekmore's essay on Memphis, Tennessee, in Holiday Magazine, and Williams's grandfather Walter Daken. He praises The Chain in the Heart and relays a conversation with Frank Taylor about the Huntington-Hartford Foundation. He states that James Laughlin is in Japan. Includes envelope.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966; Authors, American -- 20th century; MacGregor, Robert M.; Jackson (Miss.); New York (N.Y.); New Directions Publishing Corp.; New Directions Publishing Corporation; Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; Laughlin, James, 1914-1997; Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001; Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972; Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953; Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Under Milk Wood.; Memphis (Tenn.); Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Short stories; Huntington Hartford Foundation; Laughlin, James, 1914-1997; Japan.
Publication Date
5-14-1954
Relational Format
archival material
Original Format
letters (correspondence)
Finding Aid
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/412/
Original Collection
Hubert Creekmore Collection
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Recommended Citation
MacGregor, Robert M. and Creekmore, Hubert, "Letter from Robert M. MacGregor to Hubert Creekmore (14 May 1954)" (1954). Hubert Creekmore Collection. 211.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/creekmore/211
Comments
14 May 1954